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Unified Theory of Business Analysis: Part Four

Posted on April 4, 2019 by R.P. Churchill

How Different Management Styles Work Solutions, and let’s face it, those quite often involve the development and modification of software these days, can be realized in the context of many different types of organization. A lot of bandwidth is expended … Continue reading →

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Unified Theory of Business Analysis: Part Three

Posted on March 11, 2019 by R.P. Churchill

How The Most Commonly Used Software Tools Apply to the Solution Effort and the Engagement Effort Continuing last week’s discussions I wanted to analyze how business analysts tend to apply their favorite software tools. Excel (24) Microsoft Excel is such … Continue reading →

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Unified Theory of Business Analysis: Part Two

Posted on March 7, 2019 by R.P. Churchill

How The Fifty Business Analysis Techniques Apply to the Solution Effort and the Engagement Effort Yesterday I kicked off this discussion by clarifying the difference between the solution effort and the engagement effort. Again, the solution effort involves the work … Continue reading →

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Unified Theory of Business Analysis: Part One

Posted on March 6, 2019 by R.P. Churchill

Defining and Distinguishing Between the Solution Effort and the Engagement Effort There seems to be a great deal of confusion in describing what business analysts do, since they often seem to be doing such different things. I’ve confirmed this after … Continue reading →

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Components of a Solution

Posted on March 5, 2019 by R.P. Churchill

I wanted to define some terms and provide some context in preparation for the next few posts. Specifically, I’m describing the components of a solution. A process model is a model of a system that either does exist or will … Continue reading →

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A Simulationist’s Framework for Business Analysis: Round Four

Posted on January 30, 2019 by R.P. Churchill

Yesterday I gave my talk at the Orlando IIBA chapter meetup. The updated presentation is here: https://www.rpchurchill.com/presentations/zSimFrameForBA_Orlando/SimFrameForBA.html This presentation was a bit different than previous ones because I’ve begun to add some new material dealing with what I call The … Continue reading →

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